PEP Parent Letter for Third Graders
October 2024
Dear Port Washington Parents or Guardians:
Below is a brief overview of the Port Washington School District’s Port Enrichment Program (PEP) for elementary students. PEP is designed to provide enrichment activities to all our students in Grades K through 6. This enrichment program consists of two components:
Screening Process
All students in grade 3 will be administered the Naglieri General Abilities Test (NGAT) which produces three individual scores plus a composite score—producing four data points. These scores, along with the Student Evaluation Scale and Universal Screener scores (i-Ready), will be placed on a new matrix. For more information about the matrix please visit the district’s PEP page at portnet.org/pep
Notification
You will be notified by mail if your child has qualified for PEP Core Group. For more information about the identification process please visit the district PEP page using the link above.
Should you have any questions, please refer to the website or feel free to contact your building principal.
Warmly,
Sean C. Feeney
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
Below is a brief overview of the Port Washington School District’s Port Enrichment Program (PEP) for elementary students. PEP is designed to provide enrichment activities to all our students in Grades K through 6. This enrichment program consists of two components:
Component I: Whole Class Enrichment: Grades K-5
A PEP teacher pushes into the kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth and fifth grade classrooms to provide enrichment activities planned collaboratively with classroom teachers in each school. Many of the lessons implemented include literacy, math, science, engineering, and critical, logical and creative thinking. These whole-class units of study occur throughout the year at each elementary school classroom.
Component II: PEP Core Group: Grades 4-6 (Students meeting the district-wide criteria)
Students identified using the district screening process (see below) are placed in a PEP core group. Starting in Grade 4, students in this PEP Core Group participate in the pull-out portion of PEP. The PEP Core Group instruction continues through sixth grade. Students may join a PEP core group at any time they meet the district criteria.
Students identified using the district screening process (see below) are placed in a PEP core group. Starting in Grade 4, students in this PEP Core Group participate in the pull-out portion of PEP. The PEP Core Group instruction continues through sixth grade. Students may join a PEP core group at any time they meet the district criteria.
Screening Process
All students in grade 3 will be administered the Naglieri General Abilities Test (NGAT) which produces three individual scores plus a composite score—producing four data points. These scores, along with the Student Evaluation Scale and Universal Screener scores (i-Ready), will be placed on a new matrix. For more information about the matrix please visit the district’s PEP page at portnet.org/pep
- Naglieri General Abilities Test (NGAT): This assessment consists of three parts: non-verbal, verbal, quantitative and will be administered to all third-grade students as part of a whole class enrichment unit.
- Student Evaluation Scales: Each year classroom teachers in grades 2-5 complete Student Evaluation Scale for each student.
- Math Universal Screener (i-Ready): Highest score from two most recent administrations.
- Reading Universal Screener (i-Ready): Highest score from two most recent administrations.
Notification
You will be notified by mail if your child has qualified for PEP Core Group. For more information about the identification process please visit the district PEP page using the link above.
Should you have any questions, please refer to the website or feel free to contact your building principal.
Warmly,
Sean C. Feeney
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment